Pentastomiasis in bosc's monitor lizards (varanus exanthematicus) caused by an undescribed sambonia species

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-95

  Flach, Edmund J ^a   Riley, John ^b   Mutlow, Adrian G ^a   McCandlish, Irene A P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bosc's monitor; Larynx; Pentastomiasis; Pneumonia; Sambonia; Varanus exanthematicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; LIVER; LIZARD; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIZARDS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034149282     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0091:PIBSML]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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